Where do we spread out to? My gut reaction is that we must at least consider the possibility of conquering France. There are good reasons for this. First of all, we can be assured the French will not put up much of a fight — they never do — so casualties would be small. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

When Apple introduced the iPhone in June 2007, the company sought to test the limits of mobile communications and computing in a single, handheld device (handsomely packaged, of course). picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed... read full post picked by bornbad 5 months ago

ALLIGATORS basking off the English coast; a vast Brazilian desert; the mythical lost cities of Saigon, New Orleans, Venice and Mumbai; and 90 per cent of humanity vanished. Welcome to the world warmed by 4 °C. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

They got out of the Toyota to look at the view. Williams fired twice at her son - once while he was standing and again while he was down on the ground picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced the upcoming release of 'The Simpsons Game,' a new video game based on the hit television series. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Name of Product: Barbie and Tanner™ play sets
Units: About 683,000
(Update to muppet's Polly Pocket.) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Bill Gates once derided open source advocates with the worst epithet a capitalist can muster. These folks, he said, were a "new modern-day sort of communists," a malevolent force bent on destroying the monopolistic incentive that helps support the American dream. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Annie Leibovitz, perhaps the highest-paid celebrity photographer in the world, is profoundly broke. She hocked every photograph she's ever produced and now the high-end pawnshop that gave her $24 million has filed suit to force her to sell it all. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

I can see your house from here...

Google's street view service sits in the hinterland between awesome and really, really creepy and is now coming to the UK next year. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

Well, you all wanted to know why they weren't here yet... Just a few more years! picked by sfeldner 3 years ago

For multiple personality disorder there is We Three Kings Disorientated Are; paranoia is coupled with Santa Claus Is Coming To Town To Get Me; narcissism - Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has made the first observations of very fast hydrogen atoms coming from the moon, following decades of speculation and searching for their existence. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

After 17 years underground, millions of cicadas are getting ready to emerge in the midwest. picked by shakadoo 3 years ago

"Just days before Americans vote in an election with the first black presidential nominee, the head of the Hillsborough County Republican Party sent an e-mail warning members of "the threat" of "carloads of black Obama supporters coming from the inner city to cast their votes." picked by gammerus 1 year ago

Coming soon to a cash register near you: a new $5 bill sporting some touches of color for the first time. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Air-Powered Car Coming to U.S. in 2009 to 2010 at Sub-$18,000, Could Hit 1000-Mile Range picked by chappy 1 year ago

Lori Drew the woman who made the fake myspace account to mess with Megan Meier's head, but took it so far as to lead to Megan's suicide, has a blog.
She has posted her side of the story. picked by xiatethebish 2 years ago

Despite her effort to keep her real name secret, people started to figure out who PittGirl was. But such identities can easily be merged -- either through the judicial process or by using technology. picked by JoshSF49 3 months ago

Imagine this: a birth control pill that only has to be taken as regularly as the man engages in sex, whose effects are reversible within 24 hours, and that doesn’t interfere with the man’s personal satisfaction. It's may be coming to a drug store near you. picked by ordinarychick 3 years ago